The dilapidated temple was filled with spiderwebs.
Traces of dust and decay were everywhere.
Dark clouds rolled across the sky, obscuring the sun. Before long, a fierce wind began to howl, accompanied by lightning and thunder. Although it was noon, one could only feel a bone-chilling cold.
Her crow-feather-black eyelashes trembled. Youyou opened her eyes on the lovers’ bed[mfn]Lovers’ bed (鸳鸯床): The original text uses yuānyāng chuáng. Mandarin ducks (鸳鸯) are a potent symbol of love and fidelity in Chinese culture, as they are believed to mate for life. A “mandarin duck bed” is therefore a bed for a loving couple.[/mfn] and saw an unrivaled beauty in red standing by the bedside, smiling sweetly at her.
Seeing her awake, the beauty curved her lips and softly called her ‘my lady wife’.
Youyou: …
‘Xixi?’
To have someone call her ‘my lady wife’ right after transmigrating… Youyou was utterly baffled.
[The host has lost her memories. Before this, the host was indeed her lady wife.] Secretly marveling at how her host’s treatment was getting better and better, Xixi, in the system space, floated in the air with its cat paws clasped together. It suddenly felt that the female ghost was a bit pitiful.
In truth, the various systems under the Main God were not cold-blooded and unfeeling. Their emotions were simply different from those of humans; systems had their own unique feelings.
Not daring to imagine how the female ghost would react when she could no longer see the host’s soul after the host’s death, Xixi shivered coldly and said to Youyou in a trembling voice: [The host and the female ghost Wuyou were on very good terms. The host can just try to feel it.]
Memories being erased doesn’t mean the feelings disappear completely. When a trigger point is touched, it’s only natural for the feelings to reignite.
Sure enough, after hearing the system’s words, Youyou felt a purely natural sense of closeness toward the unrivaled beauty before her. She was only stunned for a few seconds before she accepted the fact that the beauty was a ghost. Then, she obediently extended her hand and said softly, “Hello, Wuyou. My name is Youyou.”
The pretty and delicate girl’s eyes no longer held the pain of being burned by karmic fire. The female ghost concealed the sorrow and wistfulness in her heart and reached out to grasp the girl’s delicate hand.
“Is my lady alright?”
The beauty looked at her with lowered brows, her eyes full of affection. Youyou’s face flushed slightly, and she nodded in embarrassment.
“I’m fine, I just lost my memory.”
Memory loss, is it?
Half-lidding her eyes, she concealed the complex emotions deep in her pupils. The female ghost had always known the girl had secrets, but now it seemed… that thing was probably a living entity.
A strange thought flashed through her mind. The female ghost went along with the situation and guided Youyou. In just half an hour, the two were affectionately clinging to each other.
The female ghost had personally verified just how simple and easy to deceive her lady was. Silently caressing the girl’s temples, she suddenly had a humble, delusional thought of peaceful days, wishing this moment could stretch out for all eternity.
One of them was a vengeful ghost who had been a homebody for several hundred years, yet remained true to her nature. The other was a naive and ignorant, delicate girl who could find joy playing with a single leaf. They were bound to this city, neither large nor small, and even if they could never step half a foot outside of it for their entire lives, for them, it was already enough.
The female ghost, who never forgot, accompanied Youyou, whose memory reset from time to time, and they wandered the ghost city again and again.
They went to the peach blossom forest countless times, and the ancient ghost city bore the marks of their many footsteps. However, just when the female ghost thought that days like these could go on for all eternity, Youyou’s soul disappeared.
One moment, joy.
The next, despair.
The malicious intent belonging to a vengeful ghost completely enveloped the entire ghost city. The female ghost shrieked, shrill and insane, her cries unending, as if she had lost her most precious treasure.
《Ancient Arc ● End》[mfn]this is why i thought we had no more time with our girlies 😔[/mfn]
…
When she broke free from that bizarre cycle and received the new mission plot, the system Xixi was so happy it almost cried.
Heavens above, it had never encountered such a ridiculous situation before—losing all contact with the Main System and the Main God Space.
This was something it had never even imagined.
Taking advantage of the host’s sleep, it transmitted the plot and the original body’s memories all at once. With its mind finally at ease, Xixi also closed its eyes for a short rest.
The City’s Billionaire tells the story of an urban white-collar worker, Shui Sisi, and her journey from being an ordinary person to becoming a billionaire.
Shui Sisi’s name suited her. Her personality was as gentle as water, and she was tactful and experienced in her dealings. As a middle manager in a multinational corporation, her life was neither particularly good nor bad.
One day, while browsing an antique shop, Shui Sisi took a fancy to an ancient ring. She bought the ring and, as a result, obtained a heaven-defying golden finger.
It turned out there was a whole world within the ring. Not only did it contain a spirit spring, spiritual items, various rare treasures, and cultivation methods, but there was also a fragmented ring spirit recuperating inside.
Because Shui Sisi’s blood dripped onto the ancient ring, she became its new master. The book The Urban Billionaire detailed how Shui Sisi used the ancient ring to become one of the elite. Youyou digested all this information in her deep sleep. When she woke up the next day, she asked Xixi in confusion.
‘The original body is just a supporting character in this book?’
She remembered Xixi saying that the bodies she possessed were always the female leads.
Xixi: …
[I’m sorry, host, Xixi doesn’t know either. This is all the information Xixi received. In any case, let’s focus on finishing the mission first. After all, we used up too much recently, and we only have a few points left.]
The female leads of this world were Shui Sisi and the ancient ring’s spirit, with no distinction between an original plot and some derivative version. So, it wasn’t just Youyou; Xixi was also completely baffled.
‘Huh? We’re almost out?’
Evidently, the topic of points took Youyou by surprise. She checked the system interface and found that it showed a pitiful twenty-one.
‘How did it get so low?’
For a moment, Youyou was on the verge of tears. After all, her whole purpose for transmigrating was to prove she wasn’t a good-for-nothing. But now, the hundred-plus points she had worked so hard to save up had unexpectedly dwindled to just twenty-one? It was so frustrating!
[Ahem, the host has amnesia. Those points were all ‘eaten’ by the host.] It didn’t dare to mention the female ghost’s existence. Or rather, Xixi had never mentioned the existence of any past mission targets to its host.
The task-takers under the Main God were always meant to move forward; to not advance was to be pushed back. Superfluous emotions and memories would only become a burden, especially for a task-taker as fragile as its host.
‘E-eaten?’
[That’s right. Those points were all exchanged for man—ahem, steamed buns.][mfn]Xixi almost slips up and reveals that the points were spent on mantou (steamed buns) for Youyou in the previous world, which would have been a clue about her recent past. It quickly corrects itself.[/mfn]
Knowing full well how much its host resented the food known as mantou, Xixi felt a pang of guilt in its core[mfn]The original text uses a clever pun. 芯 (xīn), meaning “core” (as in a computer core), is used instead of the homophone 心 (xīn), meaning “heart.” Because Xixi isn’t human[/mfn]. Sure enough, its host started to frown just hearing the word ‘mantou’, a testament to how deep the shadow of that bizarre cycle ran.
Not doubting Xixi’s words, Youyou reflexively stuck out her tongue, a bitter taste inexplicably filling her mouth.
The original owner of the body she was now possessing was also named Bai Youyou, the daughter of the boss at the multinational corporation where the female lead, Shui Sisi, worked. Her personality was somewhat pampered and willful, the arrogant and domineering type at the company who was constantly at odds with Shui Sisi and frequently picked fights.
Later in the plot, Bai Youyou was used as a stepping stone by the female lead, Shui Sisi, and kicked aside. She was killed off like a small fry by the main antagonist who was possessed by the ring spirit. Even the multinational corporation was crushed and acquired by the main antagonist.
Therefore, the original owner, heartbroken and full of regret, made several wishes.
One, save the company.
Two, ensure her parents, Father Bai and Mother Bai, remain healthy.
Three, acquire the antagonist’s company.
Four, make Shui Sisi lose her golden finger.
Youyou: …
Bai Qu, come save me! These missions are all so hard! I can’t do them! Aaaahhh!
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